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African
Studies (University of Pennsylvania)The African Studies Center
at Penn is an interdisciplinary program that offers undergraduate
students an opportunity to explore the historic and cultural diversity
of sub-Saharan African peoples.

African
Studies Center (Michigan State University)The African Studies Center
at Michigan State University coordinates teaching, research, and
public service programs related to Africa throughout
the university. A wide variety of courses on Africa are taught in
various disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, natural
sciences, and professional fields.

African
and African American Studies (University of Kansas)African and African-American
Studies are disciplinary pursuits. Fields of study focus mainly on
the humanities and the social sciences and are genuinely interdisciplinary.

African and Afro-American
Studies (Washington University)African and Afro-American
Studies at Washington University, St. Louis is an interdisciplinary
academic program, largely concentrated in the social sciences and
the humanities. Principal geographical areas of concentration are
the sub-Saharan African continent and the United States of America.

The
James S. Coleman African Studies Center (UCLA)The African Studies Center
at UCLA was established in 1959 to further stimulate the growing national
interest in the region and to develop outreach, academic, and research
programs on Africa.

The
Center for African Studies (University of California - Berkeley)The Center was established
in 1979 as an interdisciplinary research center to support basic research
and training of scholars. The Center provides opportunities for students
majoring in traditionally defined fields to develop a comprehensive
interdisciplinary program in African Studies.

African
Studies Resource Center (University of Kansas)The African Studies Resource
Center represents the African Studies Council of more than thirty
Africanists across the University of Kansas. It is one of several
area studies centers that reports to the College of Liberal Arts &
Sciences and works with the Graduate School and Office of International
Programs.

The
African Studies Program (Ohio University)The African Studies Program
at Ohio University, designated a Title VI National Resource Center
for Africa, provides students, scholars and members of the broader
community opportunities to develop their understanding of this important
world region. Facilities for research and language instruction, as
well as formal degree studies are available through the program. Students
may earn a Master of Arts in International Affairs (MAIA) degree with
a major in African Studies through the Center for International Studies.

Department of African-American and African
Studies (Ohio State University)The primary mission of the
African-American and African Studies Department is to stimulate teaching
and research about the Black experience in the U.S., Africa and throughout
the African Diaspora.

Program
of African Studies (Northwestern University)In 1948, Melville J. Herskovits
convened Northwestern's Program of African Studies (PAS). The first
center of its kind in over nearly half a century, scholars associated
with the Program have produced vital and innovative scholarship and
trained over three hundred Africanists through the doctorate.

African
Studies Center (Boston University)The African Studies Center
at Boston University, established in 1953, was one of the first graduate
programs in the United States to offer a multidisciplinary African
Studies curriculum.

African
Studies (University of Wisconsin - Madison)The African Studies Outreach
Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has constructed this
World Wide Web server with the Educator and the general Africanist
in mind.

African
Studies (Central Connecticut State University)The African Studies Program
is a part of the Central Connecticut State University International
Area Studies Program.

African
Studies Resources (Princeton University)These resources are provided
by the University of Princeton African Web Site, it includes a compehensive
archive on Africa-related resources.

Berkeley-Stanford
Joint Center for African StudiesOn May 18, 1991 the Stanford
Committee on African Studies (CAS) voted to offer a certificate in
African Studies to undergraduates fulfilling the requirements which
were set following consultation with the Director of the Program in
African and Afro-American Studies and the directors of other area
studies programs at Stanford.

Center
for Afroamerican and African Studies (University of Michigan- Ann
Arbor)The Center for Afroamerican
and African Studies was established in 1970 in response to African
American students who wanted to bring a richer representation of the
Black experience into the University of Michigans curricular offerings.
The Center's multi-disciplinary and inter-departmental programs utilize
historical, sociological, cultural, psychological, economic, and political
approaches to the comparative study of people of African descent living
in Africa and the Americas.

African Studies Program(Indiana
University)The Indiana University African
Studies Program was founded in 1961 by the late J. Gus Liebenow and
has, over the past three decades, been recognized as one of the nation's
leading language and area studies centers for the interdisciplinary
study of Africa.

Harvard
African StudiesThe Harvard University Committee
on African Studies is an interdisciplinary group of scholars appointed
by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to coordinate teaching
and research and advance knowledge and understanding of Africa within
Harvard.

African
Studies Department (Howard University)The Department
of African Studies offers graduate programs leading to the Masters
of Arts and Doctors of Philosophy degrees. The master's program consists
of a two-year professional program, while the Ph.D program is research
oriented. The department offers students both historical and current
perspectives on the socio-economic, cultural, technological, and political
developments of Africa.

Center for African Area Studies(Kyoto, Japan)The Center for African Area
Studies of Kyoto University was created in 1986 as the only academic
research institution in Japan devoted to African Studies.

The
Center for African Studies (University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign)The work of the African
Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is diverse.On
campus it promotes teaching and research about Africa; off campus
it offers community and educational groups a variety of teaching,
curriculum development, and informational resources relating to the
African continent.

Center for African Studies(University
of Florida)We wish to acquaint you
with various apects of our program and provide you with access to
valuable resources on the University of Florida campus, at other American
universities, and at a variety of Internet sites throughout the world.
Information can be o btained by entering our Directory Page.

Puerto
Rican Studies

Centro
de Estudios Puertorriqueños (Hunter College, CUNY)The Center for Puerto Rican
Studies is the only university based research institute in the United
States devoted to the interdisciplinary study of the Puerto Rican
experience. Founded in 1973 the
Centro has grown into a major research and educational resource cente.
In addressing major inequities in social conditions affecting Puerto
Ricans, Centro research bears important implications for the study
of Latinos in the United States and other contemporary diasporic communities.

The
Institute For Puerto Rican & Latino Studies (University
of Connecticut)The Institute for Puerto
Rican and Latino Studies (IPRLS), which has operated since the Fall
of 1994, serves as a multipurpose interdisciplinary research and teaching
program with a comparative focus on the Puerto Rican, Mexican, and
other Latin American origin populations in Connecticut, the northeast,and
other regions of the continental United States, as well as in Puerto
Rico.

The
Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean Studies Department (Rutgers
University)Using a comparative approach,
the curriculum focuses on the formation and evolution of the peoples
and societies of that region. The courses examine the historical background
and the migration experience, and the reformulation of identities,
in their racial, class, cultural and gender dimension.

Department
of Latin American & Puerto Rican Studies (Lehman College,
CUNY)The Department of Latin
American and Puerto Rican Studies offers a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Puerto Rican studies, an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts degree
in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The department also participates
in the interdisciplinary Comparative Literature Program, and the Women's
Studies Option.

Puerto
Rican and Latino Studies (Brooklyn College, CUNY)The PRLS dept. offers an
interdisciplinary undergraduate major in Puerto Rican and Latino Studies
and three minor concentrations, including a course sequence and minor
in bilingual education (16 credits) in conjunction with the elementary
school program of the school of education.

Center
for Chicano-Boricua Studies (Wayne State University)The Center for Chicano-Boricua
Studies (CBS) has its origins in the Latino en Marcha Leadership Training
Program established in 1971 by Wayne State University. The program
became an academic center in 1972.The center actively promotes a Latino
perspective and an awareness of Latino issues inside of Wayne State
and contributes to the university's continuing efforts to nurture
a rich campus cultural environment. The center's curriculum provides
the university with a substantial part of its courses on Latin America
and Latinos in the United States.

Latino
Studies

Dominican
Studies Institute (City College CUNY)Housed at the City College
of New York, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute was conceived to address
the current lack of useful and reliable information on Dominicans available
to students, scholars, and the community at large.The Institute is an
interdisciplinary research unit devoted to the study of Dominican life
in the United States, the Dominican Republic, and elsewhere.

The
Julian Samora Research Institute (Michigan State University)The JULIAN SAMORA RESEARCH
INSTITUTE is committed to the generation, transmission, and application
of knowledge to serve the needs of Latino communities in the Midwest.
To this end, it has organized a number of publication initiatives
to facilitate the timely dissemination of current research and information
relevant to Latinos.

Inter-University
Program for Latino Research (IUPLR)The IUPLR, through its activities,
shall seek to: A) Enlarge the scope and raise the quality of research
that has a bearing on U.S. Latino communities.B) Raise the visibility
of and create a strong institutional presence for Latino research.C)Maintain
a voice for Latino researchers through its national projects, and
its grants program. D) Establish a link between the Latino research
community and the public policy arena.

Cuban
Research Institute(Florida
International University)Located at the Latin American
and Caribbean Center of Florida International University, the CRI's
purpose is to utilize the substantial Cuba-related resources of the
University and the greater Miami community to produce research and
develop programs that serve faculty, students, and a community vitally
interested in Cuban and Cuban-American issues.

Hispanic
Research Center (Arizona State University)The Hispanic Research Center
at ASU was founded in 1985 and is a university- wide interdisciplinary
unit dedicated to research and creative activities. The purposes of
the HRC include the performance of basic and applied research on a
broad range of topics related to Hispanic populations, to disseminate
research findings to the academic community and the public, to engage
in creative activities and make them available generally, and to provide
public service in areas of importance to Hispanics.

Chicano
Studies Research Center (University of California - Los Angeles)Founded in 1969, the Chicano
Studies Research Center promotes the study and dissemination of knowledge
on the experience of the people of Mexican descent and other Latinos
in the United States. The CSRC primarily supports UCLA faculty and
the training of the next generation of scholars engaged in this area
of inquiry.

Mauricio
Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development & Public
PolicyEstablished in 1989 at the
University of Massachusetts-Boston, the goal of the Gastón
Institute is to inform the public and policymakers about issues vital
to the Commonwealth's growing Latino community and provide the information
and analysis necessary for the effective participation of the Latino
community in public policy development.

Latin
American and Caribbean Studies

The
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)The largest professional
Association in the world for individuals and institutions engaged
inthe study of Latin America. With over 4,800 members, twenty-five
percent of whom reside outside the United States, LASA is the one
Association that brings together experts on Latin America from all
disciplines and diverse occupational endeavors, across the globe.

Center
for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (University
of Connecticut)The
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies coordinates both undergraduate
and graduate programs in Latin American Studies.The Center sponsors
a wide range of seminars, public lectures, conferences, films and
colloquia on Latin American subjects.The Center also serves as a clearing
house for information about events on and off campus, employment opportunities,
new avenues for research, and research funding for those interested
in all aspects of Latin America.

Center
for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (New York
University)The
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at New York
University is an interdisciplinary teaching, research, and public
information program. It opens channels of communication and encourages
the sharing of ideas and observations across disciplinary boundaries.

Latin
American and Caribbean Center (Florida
International University)The
Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) came into existence in
1979. As a federally supported National Resource Center for Language
and Area Studies, LACC has a mandate to promote graduate and undergraduate
education, faculty research, and public education on Latin American
and Caribbean affairs.

Center
for Latin American Studies (Stanford University)Since
its inception over 25 years ago, the Stanford Center for Latin American
Studies has been one of the leading foreign area programs in the United
States. Housed in its own facility, Bolivar House, the Center fosters
a wide range of teaching and research activity designed to advance
knowledge and understanding of Latin America. The principal components
of this activity include graduate and undergraduate training, interdisciplinary
research, scholarly exchange, and outreach to the local, national,
and international communities.

Latin
American Studies Program(Cornell University)Cornell's
Latin American Studies Program (LASP) was founded in 1961. The National
Defense Education Act (NDEA) Language and Area Center established
LASP in 1966 as one of the nation's premier Latin American centers.
Today, the Latin American Studies Program provides a focus for all
activities oriented toward Latin America on the Cornell campus.

Center
for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Michigan State University)The
Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CLACS) was founded
in 1962 and has grown to become one of the leading programs in the
nation. The Center was designated a National Resource Center in 1991
by the U.S. Department of Education. As a National Resource Center,
CLACS generates and disseminates knowledge about Latin America and
the Caribbean at national and state levels.

Council
On Hemispheric AffairsThe Council on Hemispheric
Affairs (COHA) was founded at the end of 1975 to promote the common
interest of the hemisphere, raise the visibility and increase the
importance of the inter-American relationship, as well as encourage
the formulation of rational and constructive U.S. policies towards
Latin America.Since its inception, COHA has been one of the most active
and broadest-based U.S. private bodies dealing with the entire spectrum
of political, economic and diplomatic issues, as well as the economic
and political challenges confronting the nations of this hemisphere.

Kellogg
Institute (University of Notre Dame)The Helen Kellogg Institute
for International Studies is designed to advance understanding of
Third World development, particularly in Latin America, through research,
education, and outreach. In its study of Latin America and other developing
areas, the Institute focuses primarily on democratization and the
quality of democracy; paths to development; religion and the Catholic
Church; social movements and organized civil society; and public policies
for social justice.